Speaking Engagements
Jennifer has been speaking and teaching since 1997 and regularly leads seminars and workshops on screenwriting basics, writing for Hollywood, crime fiction, forensics, death investigation, and the creative life.
Speaking Engagements
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Positioning Yourself For Success
Want to find ways to make your current ideas profitable? Feeling stuck? Wondering how to gain the attention of people looking for your idea? This talk will inspire you to never give up on yourself as a creator. Learn how to capitalize on your great ideas by creating actionable steps for turning ideas into products. You can survive and thrive as a storyteller. You just need a great idea and a solid plan and some inspiration!
When Is It My Turn?
There’s an old adage that harkens: “An overnight success takes ten years.” Artists know better than most that it can take years from writing that first sentence to getting that first contract. And the truth is, a lot of people are still slugging it out for that contract. We can’t help but wonder, “When is it my turn?”
This talk will inspire you with insights on …
How to live better while you wait for that big break.
How to keep a positive perspective.
How to network your way off the couch and into a contract.
How to slay the waiting slumps.
How to be a better entrepreneur.
What I Learned From the Iceman?
In 2020 I was asked to write the memoir of Merrick and Christin Kuklinski, daughters of one of America’s most prolific killer, The Iceman. We started our interviews over the summer of that same year. What resulted was a chilling and yet highly hopeful account of two sisters who survived the unimaginable. In this talk, I’ll reveal what Merrick and Christin are really like. What it was like to take down their story. I’ll answer the questions, Was The IceMan a good father? Did the daughters know what daddy did for work. Did Richard’s life of evil evolve from nurture or nature? In the end, I believe we’ll all be inspired by what we can all learn from the IceMan and his daughters.
Pour Me a Stiff One: Death Investigation Explained for Writers
Creators of crime dramas, mystery, thrillers, or suspense will inevitably comes across a dead bodies… maybe several. Corpses contain a body of evidence and thus, the keys to unlocking our fictional crimes. Jennifer Dornbush, forensic specialist and crime writer, will walk you through the inner workings of death investigation and how to create authentic death investigation scenes for those story moments when you need “to drop a body.” All this, in safe, non-gory setting… with a little gallows humor.
Online or in person. This class uses PowerPoint support.
When Is It My Turn?
There’s an old adage that harkens: “An overnight success takes ten years.” Artists know better than most that it can take years from writing that first sentence to getting that first contract. And the truth is, a lot of people are still slugging it out for that contract. We can’t help but wonder, “When is it my turn?”
This talk will inspire you with insights on …
How to live better while you wait for that big break.
How to keep a positive perspective.
How to network your way off the couch and into a contract.
How to slay the waiting slumps.
How to be a better entrepreneur.
What I Learned From the Iceman?
In 2020 I was asked to write the memoir of Merrick and Christin Kuklinski, daughters of one of America’s most prolific killer, The Iceman. We started our interviews over the summer of that same year. What resulted was a chilling and yet highly hopeful account of two sisters who survived the unimaginable. In this talk, I’ll reveal what Merrick and Christin are really like. What it was like to take down their story. I’ll answer the questions, Was The IceMan a good father? Did the daughters know what daddy did for work. Did Richard’s life of evil evolve from nurture or nature? In the end, I believe we’ll all be inspired by what we can all learn from the IceMan and his daughters.
Jennifer Dornbush works as a screenwriter, author, speaker, and forensic specialist.
She has developed film and TV projects, authored numerous books, and frequently speaks around the world on crime fiction and forensics. She divides her time between Upper Michigan and Arizona.
